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New Navy Contract

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

February 24, 2009

Sealift, Inc., Oyster Bay, N.Y., is being awarded a $6,708,925 firm fixed price contract for a 108-calendar day time charter of U.S. Air Force container ship MV TSGT John A. Chapman. The ship's primary mission will be to preposition U.S. Air Force ammunition at sea, is expected to operate in and around Saipan in the Western Pacific Ocean.  The contract includes options, which if exercised, would bring the total contract value to $46,197,020.  Work on the contract is expected to commence by Jun. 2009 and is expected to be completed within 115-calendar days.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured, with two offers received. The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00033-09-C-3317).

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